We read a lot here. We used to keep track of the books that we read on a poster, but we ran out of room and we just fell out of the habit. In looking back at that old poster, though I began to realize just how much we read in this house. We have a library with close to 4,000 books in our house (that is in great need of organization). I loved going to the library as a child and was always heartbroken when I had overdue fees that prevented me from checking out books. I started our home library 10 years ago and it has grown and grown. We read together and independently. We read all kinds of books. We have a very long list of books that we want to read and not enough time in the day to get to them all. I remember working 45 hours a week and wishing I had more time to read. I have more time now, but it never seems like enough. I want to read more.
I personally read a lot of young adult fiction and non fiction. I read a lot of books on teaching and learning. I read a lot of cook books and books of poetry. I read a lot of everything, with the exception being parenting books. I don't like them. There are so many parenting books out there. Many of them contradict each other and none of them know my children. The make many generalizations that have nothing to do with my family. With so many books and so little time, I just skip them.
Meredith likes to read nonfiction. She also likes the Redwall books. She tends to read many books all at the same time. I don't know how she keeps them all straight.
Matthew likes books that are funny and adventurous. He really enjoyed the Percy Jackson book series.
Margaret is just learning to read. She still claims that she can't read, but she has read several readers to me. She is still learning and growing. Then again, aren't we all?
James loves our story times. He has his favorite board books, but will listen to anything.
I will be posting book reviews by the kids and myself later on, but for now, I'm off to read with Margaret.
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